Inside SOUTHERN GOTHIC: Designing for a Hyper-Realistic Space

Inside SOUTHERN GOTHIC: Designing for a Hyper-Realistic Space

I don’t think anyone really knows how many things are in a house until you move. Not only are there the things that you see and use on a daily basis, but you discover boxes of memories and drawers of random objects you probably didn’t remember you had.

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Inside SOUTHERN GOTHIC: Crafting an Immersive Experience

Inside SOUTHERN GOTHIC: Crafting an Immersive Experience

Pictured: SOUTHERN GOTHIC scripts. To the track the action of each character onstage, there are actually 8 different scripts, one for each actor. Photo courtesy of Windy City Playhouse. In this 4-part series, PerformInk takes you inside Windy City Playhouse’s SOUTHERN GOTHIC through blog posts written by the people behind the scenes....

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Windy City Playhouse Will Produce Immersive Cocktail Party Experience Directed by David Bell

Windy City Playhouse Will Produce Immersive Cocktail Party Experience Directed by David Bell

SOUTHERN GOTHIC will feature Brianna Borger, Paul Fagen, Sarah Grant, Brian McCaskill, Michael McKeogh, Mickey O’Sullivan, Christine Mayland Perkins and Ariel Richardson.

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Review: BECKY SHAW at Windy City Playhouse

Review: BECKY SHAW at Windy City Playhouse

Even in the best of circumstances, dating can present a shifting minefield of opportunity. The guy from the coffee house seems smart and kind, then you discover he has a room dedicated to his antique baby doll collection. The woman your friend said was a “10” makes you laugh within 10 seconds, then before the end of your first date she asks for her own set of keys to your apartment.

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Review: KING LIZ at Windy City Playhouse

Review: KING LIZ at Windy City Playhouse

Women in power rarely are privy to traveling the path of least resistance in their climb to success.

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KING LIZ Cast and Creatives Announced

KING LIZ Cast and Creatives Announced

Windy City Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for Fernanda Coppel’s KING LIZ.

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Windy City has its BOOTYCANDY Cast and Creative Team 

Windy City has its BOOTYCANDY Cast and Creative Team 

Pictured: Travis Turner Windy City Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for the Chicago premiere of BOOTYCANDY.  Written and directed by Robert O’Hara, the production features Travis Turner (Sutter), Krystel McNeil (Actor One), Debrah Neal (Actor Three), Robert Fenton (Actor Four) and Osiris Khepera (Actor Five).  The creative...

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Ron OJ Parson—”People Need to Create…the Process Is All of Us Creating.”

Ron OJ Parson—”People Need to Create…the Process Is All of Us Creating.”

By Kyle Whalen A Monday afternoon. I am foolishly running late, stuck in traffic at the time I’m supposed to call director Ron OJ Parson and interview him. At a stoplight, I ring him to confess I’ll be late. He picks up, a laugh already in his voice, and asks...

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Windy Cindy Playhouse Announces 2017 Season

Windy Cindy Playhouse Announces 2017 Season

Windy City Playhouse announced its third season today, kicking off with the Chicago premiere of Robert O’Hara’s coming-of-age story BOOTYCANDY. A semi-autobiographical, award-winning Off-Broadway-hit, BOOTYCANDY will be directed here by the playwright himself, beginning January 25.

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